(Daily Chronicle May 26th 1977)
The Georgetown City Council has decided to shelve its plan to convert the Bourda cemetery into a Park.
The decision was taken at last Monday’s statutory meeting of the Council when Councillors accepted the recommendations of the City Works Committee.
The Council had planned cutting a roadway through the cemetery but after considering a letter from the National Trust, the Works Committee recommended that no further action be taken at this point in time.
The National Trust in its letter to the Council expressed the view that the Bourda cemetery is an important historical site where the remains of several persons who have made important and significant contributions to the political economic and social history of Guyana , are entombed.
The National Trust had further requested an interview with the Council regarding buildings and other sites which the Trust considers worthy of preservation.
